Altamira District

Past Producer in Tamaulipas, Mexico with commodity Mercury

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Ownership information
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10050513
MRDS ID	MX25058
Record type	Site
Current site name	Altamira District
Alternate or previous names	La Altamira, La Guadalupana, Los Chirros Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-97.93029, 22.40772 (WGS84)
Elevation	20
Relative position	10 MI N OF TAMPICO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Mexico	Tamaulipas

Comments on the location information

LAT LONG FOR TOWN OF ALTAMIRA, EXACT MINE LOCATION UNKNOWN

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Mercury	Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-97.93029, 22.40772	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Ownership information

Type Operator

Owner Cia Altamira Mercurio

First year 1927

Type	Operator
Owner	Cia Altamira Mercurio
First year	1927

Comments on development

ECON.COM: 5T PILOT PLANT BUILT APPROX. 1927

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	MX25058

Bibliographic references

Deposit

RAND, L.H., AND STURGIS, E.B., 1931, THE MINES HANDBOOK: NY, MINES INFORMATION BUREOU, V. 2, P. 2675
Other Database

CIMRI

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JUL-1992	Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Long, Keith R.)	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.